NEW YORK (AP) — Jay-Z’s Roc Nation entertainment company is partnering with Brooklyn’s Long Island University to launch the Roc Nation School of Music, Sports & Entertainment. The new school will begin enrolling students for the fall 2021 semester, and 25% of the incoming freshmen […]
Nationwide — Dez-Ann Romain, the 36-year old principal of the Brooklyn Democracy Academy in New York City has died from coronavirus complications. Reportedly, she is the first city public school employee to contract and die from COVID-19. The academy is a transfer school for over-age/under-credited students, […]
Every year, America throws away more than 80 million pounds of food. More than three-quarters of it ends up in landfills, where it takes up more room than any other kind of waste and produces as much greenhouse gases as 3.4 million vehicles. The […]
Bertram Baker may not be a household name, but he has his space in the annals of black history, being the first African-American elected official in Brooklyn. Notably, while Baker may have been over 140 years after famed figure Alexander Hamilton, he drew a […]
